Team
Rafiq Lockhat
Director BWRT®SA, Clinical Psychologist & BWRT® Master Trainer
Rafiq Lockhat is a Clinical Psychologist who completed his studies at the University of Natal in 1988.He has worked in many mental health facilities around the country such as Town Hill Psychiatric Hospital, Fort Napier Psychiatric Hospital, Umgeni Institute for the Intellectually Challenged, Northdale Hospital Psychology Clinic, Valkenburg Psychiatric Hospital and Lentegeur Psychiatric hospital. He was senior Clinical Psychologist in the Forensic and Psychotherapy units at Fort Napier Hospital.
He then moved into academia and occupied a senior lecturer post in the Department of Psychology ,in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape(UWC), where he taught for 10 years. During that time, he was co-director of the Bathuthuzele Youth Stress Clinic, a joint venture between the University and the Medical Research Council. The clinic was the first of its kind in the research and treatment of children and youth suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in South Africa. He was awarded the prestigious title of Lecturer of the Year in 1995 at UWC, in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences. He was appointed as the first Chairperson of the newly constituted Public Relations Committee for the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences in 2002.
Rafiq has been the Vice Chairperson of the South African Society of Clinical Psychologists. He also served as Executive Member of the Education, Training and Credentialing Committee of the Professional Board for Psychology in the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). One of his tasks was to inspect hospital clinical training programs for quality assurance. Additionally, he also served on the Committee of Preliminary Disciplinary Enquiry of the HPCSA, tasked with investigating ethical violations by Psychologists.
He has been consultant Clinical Psychologist for companies such as BP (South Africa), BP (Africa) Medscheme, Computicket, Telkom, the Gauteng Dept. of Education Senior Management Team and the South African Parliament. For BP(Africa) he was tasked with developing and setting up in- house employee counselling centers (called ‘Listening Posts’) in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania. This included training selected staff in basic and advanced counselling skills.
Rafiq has presented numerous papers at both National and International Conferences. He has appeared on several television shows and gives regular talks and interviews on local and national radio programmes. He has had his own phone in psychology show on Heart 104.9 FM called the Psych Line until 2008.
He has written chapters in academic textbooks and published international peer reviewed journal articles and has contributed to articles in popular magazines like Fairlady and Cosmopolitan. Rafiq has been the Expert Psychologist on the Men’s Health Magazine Advisory Board from 2004 to the beginning of 2017. From December 2007 to March 2010, he had his own weekly Psychology column in the Saturday Star newspaper called Alpha Mail. In August 2015, he was the Psychological Consultant for the reality TV show and online series called ’The One Rand Family.’
Rafiq was an Executive Member of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) and was elected to serve two terms in a row by the membership of the organization. (2013 to 2017). He later served on the Private Practice Committee of the organization as well as the Tariffs Committee. He was tasked with organizing the newly established Private Practice symposium for PsySSA at their annual international congress from 2013 to 2017. Rafiq was also asked to conduct Pre -Congress private practice workshops for early career psychologists.
He was a co- founder (2008 - 2022) , Director and Chief Operations Officer at Summit Private Psych Clinic in Cape Town and developed and managed the mental health services for the inpatient programme. He also managed the intern training programme for intern Clinical Psychologists from the University of Bergen in Norway at Summit Clinic since 2011.The programme was suspended due to Covid lockdown restrictions in April 2020. Rafiq resigned as a director in 2022 to pursue the growth and development of BWRT in South Africa.
In 2014 he got involved with BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy and then became Terence Watts’(the creator of BWRT® from the UK) exclusive research partner and was involved in the further clinical development and expansion of BWRT®. He was responsible for the adaptation of the therapy to meet South Africa’s multicultural and trauma related challenges. He went on to become the founder and CEO of BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy South Africa (BWRTSA). As of January 2024 he has personally trained over 2800 Psychologists, Psychiatrists and other registered mental health practitioners in BWRT® in South Africa, as well as psychologists from the University of Bergen in Norway.
He has conducted BWRT® training workshops for the South African Police Psychological Services, the Eastern Cape Education Department, the Military Psychological Institute, Stellenbosch University Student Counselling Services, University of the Western Cape Student Counselling Centre and other university Counselling centers. And the Department of Correctional Services Psychologists.
Rafiq completed a 5-part Mental Health Awareness social media series with renowned social media personality in Cape Town Devon Wayne Saunders. The aim is to promote and destigmatize Mental Health in South Africa and encourage citizens to seek help for mental health conditions including suicide.
Towards the end of 2023 he was approached by Community Keepers, an award winning NGO operating in underprivileged schools in South Africa to design a special BWRT® training programme for their Social Workers and Registered Counsellors .This training was completed and the results, as published in CK’s Annual Report ,have been outstanding.
He then moved into academia and occupied a senior lecturer post in the Department of Psychology ,in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape(UWC), where he taught for 10 years. During that time, he was co-director of the Bathuthuzele Youth Stress Clinic, a joint venture between the University and the Medical Research Council. The clinic was the first of its kind in the research and treatment of children and youth suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in South Africa. He was awarded the prestigious title of Lecturer of the Year in 1995 at UWC, in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences. He was appointed as the first Chairperson of the newly constituted Public Relations Committee for the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences in 2002.
Rafiq has been the Vice Chairperson of the South African Society of Clinical Psychologists. He also served as Executive Member of the Education, Training and Credentialing Committee of the Professional Board for Psychology in the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). One of his tasks was to inspect hospital clinical training programs for quality assurance. Additionally, he also served on the Committee of Preliminary Disciplinary Enquiry of the HPCSA, tasked with investigating ethical violations by Psychologists.
He has been consultant Clinical Psychologist for companies such as BP (South Africa), BP (Africa) Medscheme, Computicket, Telkom, the Gauteng Dept. of Education Senior Management Team and the South African Parliament. For BP(Africa) he was tasked with developing and setting up in- house employee counselling centers (called ‘Listening Posts’) in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania. This included training selected staff in basic and advanced counselling skills.
Rafiq has presented numerous papers at both National and International Conferences. He has appeared on several television shows and gives regular talks and interviews on local and national radio programmes. He has had his own phone in psychology show on Heart 104.9 FM called the Psych Line until 2008.
He has written chapters in academic textbooks and published international peer reviewed journal articles and has contributed to articles in popular magazines like Fairlady and Cosmopolitan. Rafiq has been the Expert Psychologist on the Men’s Health Magazine Advisory Board from 2004 to the beginning of 2017. From December 2007 to March 2010, he had his own weekly Psychology column in the Saturday Star newspaper called Alpha Mail. In August 2015, he was the Psychological Consultant for the reality TV show and online series called ’The One Rand Family.’
Rafiq was an Executive Member of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) and was elected to serve two terms in a row by the membership of the organization. (2013 to 2017). He later served on the Private Practice Committee of the organization as well as the Tariffs Committee. He was tasked with organizing the newly established Private Practice symposium for PsySSA at their annual international congress from 2013 to 2017. Rafiq was also asked to conduct Pre -Congress private practice workshops for early career psychologists.
He was a co- founder (2008 - 2022) , Director and Chief Operations Officer at Summit Private Psych Clinic in Cape Town and developed and managed the mental health services for the inpatient programme. He also managed the intern training programme for intern Clinical Psychologists from the University of Bergen in Norway at Summit Clinic since 2011.The programme was suspended due to Covid lockdown restrictions in April 2020. Rafiq resigned as a director in 2022 to pursue the growth and development of BWRT in South Africa.
In 2014 he got involved with BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy and then became Terence Watts’(the creator of BWRT® from the UK) exclusive research partner and was involved in the further clinical development and expansion of BWRT®. He was responsible for the adaptation of the therapy to meet South Africa’s multicultural and trauma related challenges. He went on to become the founder and CEO of BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy South Africa (BWRTSA). As of January 2024 he has personally trained over 2800 Psychologists, Psychiatrists and other registered mental health practitioners in BWRT® in South Africa, as well as psychologists from the University of Bergen in Norway.
He has conducted BWRT® training workshops for the South African Police Psychological Services, the Eastern Cape Education Department, the Military Psychological Institute, Stellenbosch University Student Counselling Services, University of the Western Cape Student Counselling Centre and other university Counselling centers. And the Department of Correctional Services Psychologists.
Rafiq completed a 5-part Mental Health Awareness social media series with renowned social media personality in Cape Town Devon Wayne Saunders. The aim is to promote and destigmatize Mental Health in South Africa and encourage citizens to seek help for mental health conditions including suicide.
Towards the end of 2023 he was approached by Community Keepers, an award winning NGO operating in underprivileged schools in South Africa to design a special BWRT® training programme for their Social Workers and Registered Counsellors .This training was completed and the results, as published in CK’s Annual Report ,have been outstanding.
Terence Watts
Founder of The Terence Watts BWRT® Institute
Terence Watts, the creator of BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy (BWRT®) went into private practice as a Clinical Hypnotherapist/Psychotherapist in 1989 at the age of 48. He became instantaneously successful and has since conducted some 35,000 client hours. Prior to this, his varied career had included electronics engineer and computer programmer.
In 2007 he was privileged to be the first person from any psychotherapy-related profession to achieve the level of 'MCGI' - Member of the City and Guilds Institute - deemed to be comparable to a British Master’s degree.
The MCGI was awarded for his work on the creation and implementation of a specialist therapy course in psychosexual disorders and dysfunction.
Current Memberships include:
Fellow : Royal Society of Medicine
Fellow : Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
Member : City & Guilds Institute, London.
He is a Freeman of the City of London
Terence has presented internationally, authored many professional books, specialist courses and concepts but confirms his proudest most recent is his creation of BWRT®, a totally new style of psychotherapy with its roots firmly in the latest discoveries in neuroscience. He continues to research and develop BWRT® Trainings and Protocols
For more information on Terence Watts please visit: www.bwrt.org
In 2007 he was privileged to be the first person from any psychotherapy-related profession to achieve the level of 'MCGI' - Member of the City and Guilds Institute - deemed to be comparable to a British Master’s degree.
The MCGI was awarded for his work on the creation and implementation of a specialist therapy course in psychosexual disorders and dysfunction.
Current Memberships include:
Fellow : Royal Society of Medicine
Fellow : Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
Member : City & Guilds Institute, London.
He is a Freeman of the City of London
Terence has presented internationally, authored many professional books, specialist courses and concepts but confirms his proudest most recent is his creation of BWRT®, a totally new style of psychotherapy with its roots firmly in the latest discoveries in neuroscience. He continues to research and develop BWRT® Trainings and Protocols
For more information on Terence Watts please visit: www.bwrt.org
Huda Gamieldien
Managing Director BWRT®SA
After earning her B-Tech Degree in Cost and Management Accounting from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town in 2000, she furthered her education with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from Unisa and is currently completing a post graduate studies at the Stellenbosch Business School in Cape Town.
In the early stages of her career, she held roles in administration and client relationship management at financial firms such as Old Mutual Asset Managers, Coronation Fund Managers, and Prudential Portfolio Managers until 2007.
Her journey into the realm of remedial education was ignited by the profound impact it has on early childhood development, spurred by the involvement she had in her own children's education. This passion led her to establish her own remedial education business catering to young learners in Athlone, Cape Town.
With the introduction of BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy (BWRT®), she assumed the pivotal role of establishing the financial, administrative, and marketing frameworks for BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy South Africa. As of June 2024, BWRT® SA boasts a robust database of over 2000 mental health professionals.
The evolution of BWRT SA's workshops has been an exciting journey, transitioning from traditional face-to-face delivery to online formats accessible to delegates worldwide, and eventually to hybrid models tailored for larger organizations with dispersed teams. Her innovative training models specially developed for BWRT® seamlessly blend the advantages of in-person instruction with the flexibility of online learning.
In collaboration with a team of specialized BWRT® South African supervisors, BWRT® SA has expanded its training portfolio from offering solely BWRT® Level 1 and 2 practitioner courses, to including an additional 12 specialist BWRT® courses, all accredited by the HPCSA. (all courses will be open for registration by the end of December 2024)
Furthermore, she has played a pivotal role in establishing and overseeing the BWRT® South African supervision team, comprising 15 highly trained Psychologists proficient in BWRT®, and various other therapeutic modalities.
Today, she serves as the Managing Director of BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy SA while concurrently pursuing her Postgraduate Studies at the prestigious Stellenbosch Business School in Cape Town.
In the early stages of her career, she held roles in administration and client relationship management at financial firms such as Old Mutual Asset Managers, Coronation Fund Managers, and Prudential Portfolio Managers until 2007.
Her journey into the realm of remedial education was ignited by the profound impact it has on early childhood development, spurred by the involvement she had in her own children's education. This passion led her to establish her own remedial education business catering to young learners in Athlone, Cape Town.
With the introduction of BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy (BWRT®), she assumed the pivotal role of establishing the financial, administrative, and marketing frameworks for BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy South Africa. As of June 2024, BWRT® SA boasts a robust database of over 2000 mental health professionals.
The evolution of BWRT SA's workshops has been an exciting journey, transitioning from traditional face-to-face delivery to online formats accessible to delegates worldwide, and eventually to hybrid models tailored for larger organizations with dispersed teams. Her innovative training models specially developed for BWRT® seamlessly blend the advantages of in-person instruction with the flexibility of online learning.
In collaboration with a team of specialized BWRT® South African supervisors, BWRT® SA has expanded its training portfolio from offering solely BWRT® Level 1 and 2 practitioner courses, to including an additional 12 specialist BWRT® courses, all accredited by the HPCSA. (all courses will be open for registration by the end of December 2024)
Furthermore, she has played a pivotal role in establishing and overseeing the BWRT® South African supervision team, comprising 15 highly trained Psychologists proficient in BWRT®, and various other therapeutic modalities.
Today, she serves as the Managing Director of BrainWorking® Recursive Therapy SA while concurrently pursuing her Postgraduate Studies at the prestigious Stellenbosch Business School in Cape Town.
